Canada, the 2010 and 2014 Olympic champions, overpowered Finland in a repeat of the 2007 final to successfully defend their world title for the first time since claiming back-to-back victories in 2003 and 2004.
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The 2017 Hockey World Championship in France and Germany will continue from May 5 to May 21.
McDavid’s first-period goal stood as the victor as Canada successfully defended its world championship gold medal with a 2-0 win over Finland in the tournament final.
With Russian President Vladimir Putin among spectators, Duchene put the puck into the empty Finland net in the final second of the game.
Canadian goaltender Cam Talbot did the rest, holding off a late surge by Team USA and stopping all 11 shots he faced in the third period.
Eighteen-year-old forward Sebastian Aho helped Finland to win with two goals he attributed to “great passes to me”, adding he was looking forward to the gold medal game.
“We’ve learned a lot from our first game against them at the championship”.
Toronto Maple Leafs center Leo Komarov, who was part of the Finnish team that won the 2011 worlds, said: “We made the semi-finals deservedly and we still feel that we can get even better”. Video review at the next stoppage confirmed Warsofsky’s first goal of the tournament, tying the game.
Canada now plays Finland, who beat Russian Federation 3-1 in the other semi, in the championship final on Saturday.
“We were all disappointed in our play in the Finland game”, said defenceman Matt Dumba after the win.
“It reminds me of a game past year against Sweden”, Peters said on May 6 after Canada beat the Americans.
“It would have been a good performance for me if we had won the cup”, said Shipachyov.
In the third Russian Federation eased off allowing the young American team to outshoot them 30-29 in the match and Vatrano netted his second of the match before Mozyakin also potted his second goal.
Bronze medallists in 2013 and past year, the United States have brought a young team to the world champs, with two-thirds formed by NHL players and the rest by those plying their trade in minor leagues, at universities or in Europe.
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“We had a game plan”, said USA captain Matt Hendricks. “They sit back, they like to play that trap game, live off turnovers”.
